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IN THE BULLETIN THIS WEEK...
Up first is a close-up on the life of Abd el-Kader, the controversial Algerian emir who led the resistance to French colonial occupation. Next is this month's objet d'art, a beautiful tapestry of First Consul Bonaparte, followed by an introduction to our new Kids' Corner section. As well as these new additions to the website, we also have an update on the General Correspondence of Napoleon Bonaparte project, the latest highlighted article on Napoleonica. La Revue, a PhD viva success-story to celebrate and this week's 200 and 150 years ago.
Enjoy!
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A CLOSE-UP ON: Abd el-Kader
New on napoleon.org this week is the close-up on Abd el-Kader, the Algerian emir who led the Algerian resistance to French colonial occupation. The close-up contains an article on the relationship between Abd el-Kader and Napoleon III by Eric Anceau, a timeline, a number of images, a list of recent events in this bicentenary year and a bibliography for further reading. Read all about it!
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THIS MONTH'S OBJET D'ART
After difficult years during the Revolutionary period, the Gobelins manufactory benefitted (from 1805) from commissions from Napoleon destined for the decoration of the imperial residences or as diplmomatic gifts. Here the model was the painting by Gros today held in the Musée national de Malmaison, The First Consul distributing honour sabres after the Battle of Marengo. Click here to see the tapestry.
© Mobilier national - F.Baussan
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KIDS' CORNER
Last week we told you about the launch of version III and some of the new features, and this week we're highlighting our new section dedicated entirely to our younger readers. As well as games, wordsearches and quizzes, Kids' Corner also offers documents and articles adapted for young teenagers looking to enrich their understanding of Napoleonic history. Why not have a look at our new timelines of the lives of Napoleon I and Napoleon III? As well as the key dates and descriptions of the important events, there are also interesting facts and relevant images to discover, all tailored to the specific age group.
For 6 years +
The Life of Napoleon I The Life of Napoleon III
For 10 years +
The Life of Napoleon I The Life of Napoleon III
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The General Correspondence of Napoleon Bonaparte
Things are hotting up in the correspondence section of the office as Volume 5 (the long-awaited Trafalgar and Austerlitz volume) of the General Correspondence of Napoleon Bonaparte is readied for an early-November release. This new opus, with preface by Professor Jean-Claude Casanova, and under the direction of Michel Kerautret and Gabriel Madec, brings together 1764 annotated letters from 1805 as well as five studies, eight maps and three indexes.
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Napoleonica. La Revue
This week's highlighted article on Napoleonica. La Revue is a detailed bibliography on France's colonial policy from 1789 to 1815, written by Chantal Lheureux-Prévot. Issue 2 of La Revue is available soon.
PhD viva
On Friday 20 June 2008, Sophie Galofaro Darmagnac, a 2003 Fondation Napoléon scholar, successfully passed her PhD viva with distinction summa cum laude at the Université d'Aix-Marseille 1. Her thesis was entitled: "Saragosse sous l'occupation napoléonienne, 1809-1813". We offer our congratulations on her outstanding success.
200 YEARS AGO
27 September 1808 was the first day of the Entrevue d'Erfurt which brought together the two allies of Tilsit, Napoleon and the Russian emperor, Alexander I, and the German sovereigns, with the exception of the king of Prussia and the emperor of Austria. Napoleon's aim was to reinforce the agreement made at Tilsit and to avoid any movement in Europe until the issue of Spain had been resolved. The meeting last two weeks, and finished on 14 October.
Talleyrand writes in his Mémoires that Napoleon claimed to have done nothing following the Treaty of Tilsit except that which suited his needs, affirming his superiority over Alexander. Talleyrand continues: "Now, he [Napoleon] added, we shall go to Erfurt; I want to come back with the freedom to do what I want in Spain; I want to be very precise with Russia regarding our involvement in the Levant. Prepare me an agreement which will satisfy the emperor Alexander, one which above all must be directed against England [...]" (Mémoires du prince Talleyrand, pp 307-308, edition with commentary by E. de Waresquiel, Robert Laffont, 2007)
150 YEARS AGO
Closure of the penal colony at Brest
The penal colony at Brest closed definitively between 1 September 1858, the date of the twenty-fifth and last ship to transport convicts to Guyana, and the end of the year. It had opened in 1749 with the arrival of 1000 prisoners that had been transferred from Marseilles following the end of the Corps des galères de France (French galleys in which convicts served as rowers). During its history, some 60,000 convicts (thieves, smugglers, con-artists, deserters, etc) passed through the camp. From 1852, it was decided that the prisoners would be transferred to penitentiaries in the colonies; thus it was that one by one, the penal colonies based at the French ports closed (Rochefort in 1853, Brest in 1858, Toulon in 1873).
Source: Philippe Jarnoux, "La fermeture du bagne de Brest", Célébrations nationales 2008
Wishing you the very best "Napoleonic" week,
Peter Hicks and Hamish Davey Wright
Historians and web-editors
THE NAPOLEON.ORG BULLETIN, No 467, 26 September - 2 October, 2008
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THE BIBLIOTHEQUE FONDATION NAPOLEON LIBRARY
For the autumn, library opening times are back to normal, namely:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 1-6pm. Thursday: 10am-3pm.
THE MAGAZINE
Just published
- Mikael Alm & Britt-Inger Johansson (eds.), Scripts of Kingship. Essays on Bernadotte and Dynastic Formation in an Age of Revolution
- Francesco Frasca, Il potere marittimo in età moderna. Da Lepanto a Trafalgar
- Francesco Frasca, Cartografia napoleonica
Press review
- Last secret of Empress Eugénie revealed? 84-year old author says she has answer!
- The Nelson Dispatch, Vol. 9, Part 11, July 2008
WHAT'S ON
Conferences:
- Napoleonic Association Conference 2008, London (UK), 11 October, 2008
- Napoleonic Historical Society 2008 Conference, Philadelphia (US) from 16 to 19 October, 2008
- Portugal, Brazil and Napoleonic Europe, Portugal, from 4 to 6 December, 2008
Film:
- Centro Romano di Studi Napoleonici: Napoleonic film week 2008, Rome (Italy) from 11 to 14 November, 2008
Commemoration
- Bicentenary of Napoleon and Alexander's meeting in Erfurt, September/October 1808-2008, Erfurt (Germany)
Full details (in German) (external link)
Re-enactment
- Erfurt, Germany, Historical Napoleonic bivouac, 25-29 September, 2008
Full details (in German) (external link)
Concert
- Erfurt, Germany, "Erfordia – Die Petersberg – Symphonie", 26 September, 2008, at 7-30pm
Theater Erfurt, Großes Haus
Full details (in German) (external link)
Exhibitions
- Paper Landscapes, a celebration of Napoleonic cartography, La Spezia, Italy [04/10/2008 - 11/01/2009]
- Erfurt, Germany, "Fine people. Luxury and Fashion at the Time of the Empire", 14/09/2008 - 11/01/2009, Museum für Thüringer Volkskunde (Museum for Thuringian Ethnology)
Full details (in German) (external link)
- Magdeburg, Germany, "Spectacle of Power. Rituals in Old Europe 800-1800", 23/09/2008 - 04/01/2009, Kulturhistorisches Museum Magdeburg (Museum of Cultural History Magdeburg)
Full details (external link)
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